are gaming boards the only ones that have more than 4xsata ports?

ExoMale · 15 Apr 2017 at 17:30

as i have a H81 series motherboard i only get 4 sata ports which are all full with a spare hdd just sitting in my case doing nothing, now i dont care for raids, tried it, never had issues, but dont need it anyways, however i would like my 4th driver and maybe get more, installed, but finding a good priced pciex1 expansion card thats actually good is difficult and so at some point i think i might change my board, just wondering if gaming ones are the answer? ideally in the haswell socket.

muppet man · 16 Apr 2017 at 11:12

Hi I have a gigabyte z87 d3h with 6 Sata ports running a 4570

ExoMale · 19 Apr 2017 at 20:49

thanks for reply. is that an older 1150 board or just one OC dont sell? mean i mainly want the extra sata ports, but still want a good board all the same, i dont care how good OC features are as i dont plan to get a K even in an i5.

dudemiseter182 · 20 Apr 2017 at 02:59

Personally, I bought the Asus z97 Pro Gamer, socket 1150, it has 6 sata ports in total, it has the option of combining two into a single sata express port, but it isn't really worth it unless your using very high end storage.